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Villisca, Iowa

Villisca is a city in Montgomery County, Iowa with an estimated 1,106 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 256th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,106
#256 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-26 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
618 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Villisca. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Villisca population, 2020 to 2024

Villisca lost 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,131. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Villisca covers 1.79 square miles of land, for 618 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Villisca is less dense than the typical town.

What county Villisca is in

All of Villisca's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 10,063 residents in 2024. Villisca holds 11.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Villisca

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Villisca by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50864. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Villisca is

The Census internal point of Villisca is at 40.929900, -94.981100. Des Moines, the capital, is 84.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Corning, IA (1,509 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 60.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.929900, -94.981100
DMS
40°55'47.64"N 94°58'51.96"W
UTM
15N 333205.3E 4532864.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86G7W2H9+XH

Daylight in Villisca

At 40.93° N, Villisca gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Villisca

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Corning, 13.4 miles away, with 1,509 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Villisca, IA?

1,106 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 26 (2.3%) from 1,132 in July 2020.

What county is Villisca in?

Montgomery County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Villisca?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50864.

How far is Villisca from Des Moines?

84.9 miles (136.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Villisca.

What is the nearest larger city to Villisca?

Corning, IA, with 1,509 residents, 13.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.